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pluck obj REMOVEplQkv [T]to pull (something), esp. with a sudden movement, in order to remove it采，摘，拔He plucked two apples from the tree and gave them to the children.他从树上摘下两个苹果递给孩子们。I'm going to pluck the dead leaves off this plant.我要把死叶子从这株植物上摘掉。She plucked a loose thread from her skirt.她从裙子上揪下一根线头。Caged birds sometimes pluck out their feathers (from their breasts). [M]笼子里的鸟有时会(从胸脯上)拔自己的羽毛。Some male models pluck the hairs out of their chests.有些男模特拔掉自己的胸毛。He plucked the letter (= took it quickly) out of my hand, and ran off with it.他从我手中抓过信跑走了。Do you pluck your eyebrows (= remove some of the hairs from them to give them a better shape)?你修眉吗?To pluck a chicken or other bird is to remove the feathers from it so that it can be cooked and eaten.拔…的毛(fig.) She was plucked out of (= suddenly removed from) the chorus line and became a star.她一下子从合唱队中选出成为明星。If you pluck someone from a dangerous or difficult situation, you remove them from it.把…从危境中拖出，救起The last passengers were plucked from the ship just seconds before it sank.最后一批旅客在沉船前几秒钟被救起。"Where did you get those figures from?" "Oh, I just plucked them out of the air (= thought of them, without having any proof for them)."“你从哪里获得这些数字的?”“我只是想象出来的。”"Because I would not see thy cruel nails pluck out his poor old eyes" (Shakespeare, King Lear 3. 7)“因为我不愿意看见你的凶恶的指甲挖出他的可怜的老眼。”（莎士比亚《李尔王》）
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